India men sails through to semifinals

Indian men’s hockey team defeated Great Britain in the quarterfinals 3-1 on Sunday. Now, the Indian team will face world champions Belgium in semi-finals on Tuesday. Today’s win is historic as India has entered semifinals of Olympics Games after 49 years.

The last time Indian team played in the semifinals of the Olympics was in 1972 Munich Games. But they lost 0-2 to arch-rivals Pakistan.

The India team was ahead from the very beginning, with two goals in first two quarters. Great Britain tried to make a comeback but couldn’t cross the solid defense put up by Indian goalkeeper, PR Sreejesh.

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